The creation of a hand-crafted heirloom posy starts with sustainably grown heirloom roses filled with heady perfume. Perfume that you just can't find in standard supermarket flowers.
As well as perfume, it's the attention to detail that makes a hand-crafted heirloom posy unique ..
.. details that are important, such as which old-fashioned flowers to grow among the heirloom roses in the gardens? And finding that special ribbon for a little flourish!
While heirloom colours are a key focus of our heirloom posy, texture is also important in hand-crafted posies. The soft wooliness of Stachys byzantina or 'lamb's ears' complements the silky softness of the roses.
And then, of course, there's the fun part of deciding which fragrant roses are ready to be hand picked for our heirloom posy.
The crumpled tissue-paper like blooms of this Tea rose, Triomphe de Luxembourg, are perfection in our heirloom posies.
But, while you're in the garden choosing individual roses, it's very easy to be distracted by gorgeous rose bushes in full bloom. Here's the Tea rose, G. Nabonnand, in full winter flush. Maybe it's time to sit and have a cuppa in the garden!
Mind you, Millie needs to accompany you on each and every walk through the rose garden. It just wouldn't be the same without her!
Nor would the garden be the same without our other little helpers! Intricate spider webs remind us that we don't need to use pesticides because our helpers are very, very busy doing that job for us!
So here we have more perfect roses to choose from. Now, how many Cicely Lascelles blooms will I pick? Bred in Australia by the famous rosarian, Alister Clark, this rose is reminiscent of the 1930s.
But there are never enough roses to choose from in the garden. So in between hand-crafting posies, it's time to extend the rose beds so we can plant even more lovely heirloom treasures.
The rose allee is coming along nicely with our climbing roses beginning to cover the tall arches! Need a ladder to reach the roses now! Can't wait till the climbing roses and ramblers meet at the top!
But back to the heirloom posies. Adding a few herbs to the mix now. And we didn't notice those tiny insect bit-sized pieces missing from the spearmint! A nice textural touch don't you think?
Now, at last, we have the final heirloom posy, filled with lusciously fragrant heirloom roses and old-fashioned flowers and herbs. Tied with pretty ribbon, it's time to pop this posy in water and wait for it's new owner to arrive for pick-up at our farm gate.
A heavenly heirloom posy ready to pop into a special vase or jug!
Perfection!!
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